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Sitting with Jeff Shore

Hi all,

It came on my path, so I signed on for a 5 day sesshin with Jeff Shore. Then I realized that he is a Rinzai teacher. I started off with Rinzai and ended up with soto style zen so it's nothing new for me and I don't really see any problems with mixing up a bit, but still I wonder how you think about this matter?

Oh, you are banished from this Sangha, and probably are going to be reborn now as a cocker spaniel.

I do not know Jeff personally, but he is a great Buddhist scholar connected to Hanazono University and I have liked some of his talks I have heard.

Just sit. Learn and be inspired. There will be some differences in approach, and much commonality ... and they are just differences in approach. As I often say, the many flavors of Buddhism or Zen Practice are precisely the same, even though sometimes quite different ... sometimes rather different, yet always exactly the same.

Haha, thank you all for your replies. As I said I didn't see any harm in it in the first place. I am looking forward to it, although it does seem intense too, since it will be five days of sitting all day, and they encourage sitting through the nights too.

It will be in the first week of september, will let you know how it went!

Originally Posted by Jundo

By the way, just kidding about the banishment and cocker spaniel.

Gassho, J

I checked with my wife and even if I come back as a cocker spaniel I can still stay with her. So thats fine

I'm convinced my wife would rather me be a cocker spaniel at times! Let us know how it goes.
Gassho, Jakudo

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Gassho, Shawn Jakudo Hinton
It all begins when we say, “I”. Everything that follows is illusion.
"Even to speak the word Buddha is dragging in the mud soaking wet; Even to say the word Zen is a total embarrassment."
寂道